Influential Quotes
255 quotes by 239 authors
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Darwin's book, On the Origin of Species, was published in 1859. It is perhaps the most influential book that has ever been published, because it…
— Henry Lipson
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Blade Runner was an incredibly influential movie, in terms of the way that it envisioned what the future was going to look like.
— Charlize Theron
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During the War of the Rebellion, a new and influential club was established in the city of Baltimore in the State of Maryland
— Jules Verne
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Few influential people involved with the Internet claim that it is a good in and of itself. It is a powerful tool for solving social…
— Esther Dyson
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Parents can be very influential in designing those little creepy-crawlers that jump around in your mind for the rest of your life. It's the fear…
— Kim Basinger
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If Mrs Merkel wants to wear Westwood, I can promise that I will design clothes for her that will make her look chic, refined and…
— Vivienne Westwood
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The Meters are, I think, the most influential group in our time to come out of New Orleans, to have changed and introduced us all…
— John Scofield
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Be who you are nothing more nothing less, and let the beauty that you love be the very best. Sing praises to the highest with…
— Michael Franti
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People who think of themselves as tough-minded and realistic, among them influential political leaders and businessmen as well as go-getters and hustlers of smaller caliber,…
— S I Hayakawa
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Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is the most influential woman in Washington - for what she has accomplished and for what she may yet…
— Ron Fournier
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To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe.
— Anatole France
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I'm not the only one; most people's mothers are the most influential person in their life. But my mother survived the camps, and she was…
— Diane von Furstenberg
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We all obviously need others to look up to, and be inspirational to us. Ford did a great job as far as putting the presidency…
— Steve Garvey
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Equality, rightly understood as our founding fathers understood it, leads to liberty and to the emancipation of creative differences; wrongly understood, as it has been…
— Barry Goldwater
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It is easy to hate and it is difficult to love. This is how the whole scheme of things works. All good things are difficult…
— Confucius
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I've been too productive for too long, and despite what anybody wants to strip away from me, I am influential. I am.
— Billy Corgan
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Every time I make a movie, I'm prepared for it to become influential and career-defining - but I have no control over these things.
— Claire Danes
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Religion is about turning untested belief into unshakable truth through the power of institutions and the passage of time.
— Richard Dawkins
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To me, the Seventies were very inspirational and very influential... With my whole persona as Snoop Dogg, as a person, as a rapper. I just…
— Snoop Dogg
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Go for it now. The future is promised to no one.
— Wayne Dyer
Who Wrote These Influential Quotes
239 authors contributed a total of 255 Influential Quotes, led by these top contributors: